Friday, January 15, 2010

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day January, 2010

Each of these blooms were also blooming for the December GBBD, hosted by Carol, of May Dreams Gardens, but not everything blooming then is blooming now. I almost bought a blooming cyclamen a few weeks ago, but put it back to see if it goes on sale for less money. I'm cold and tired of snow and ice. This is not my favorite time of year.

The African violets oblige me with a few blooms, even though I don't give them ideal conditions. They need to be repotted.

I am amazed that this begonia, I think, an angel wing, is still blooming. My other angel wings, the kind with the darker colored, speckled leaves haven't bloomed for quite awhile.

I think I've overwatered this oxalis. It's about finished blooming for awhile.

I am not sure if I ever knew what this plant is. I think I got it at a garage sale. I noticed the stem coming from it last month, but the buds were very tight. There are a couple more that are a few inches out with tight buds, as well.

I couldn't get a clear close up, but I see some purple on a few of the blooms.

My holiday cactus, Naomi, has one last bloom that just finished up.

It is forming new buds now, so hopefully, there will be more blooms in a few weeks.

I have some dried flowers, including Queen Anne's lace, that I enjoy. Larry has been running into them and knocking them over, so they have been getting on his nerves. I had a huge bouquet of them, but they ended up in a sack after his encounter with them. Now that our Christmas tree is down, I can put some back on the table they were on.

Hi Sue, way to have some flowers around in the dead of winter! The violets are wonderful, I have never been able to grow them. The white flower plant might be an aloe of some kind? The leaves are pretty even without the bonus blooms. :-)Frances

Oh my. African violets are something I could never master. Yours are lovely. Your little button about the monarchs really brought back memories of tagging them with my children many years ago. Oh, they loved that. Thank you.

I welcome comments and questions from anyone, including those who do it anonymously. Some people find my posts by doing searches, and I like hearing from them. I guess spammers won't even read this message, but I will delete spam as soon as I see it.

Translate

About Me

I am married with 2 grown children, two grandsons, and a granddaugher. We live in the house on a corner lot that my husband grew up in. I have been talking him out of more grass over time in order to increase space for gardening. We have veggies, annual, biennial and perennial flowers, some wild and/or native, and herbs sharing growing areas. A number of years ago, we had to have the tree in our front yard cut down, and I put mostly native plants in this area. I love seeing insects, especially bees and butterflies frequent the blooms, and have some plants for the caterpillars to eat.

Certified 10/09

Pussytoes

Amsonia hubrichtii

Golden alexanders

Purple milkweed

Purple poppy mallow

Narrowleaf mountain mint

Rattlesnake master

7/17/13

Short-toothed mountain mint

7/18/13

Echaneaceas paradoxa and pallida

7/22/13

Wild quinine

7/19/13

Whorled milkweed

7/20/13

Ironweed

7/25/13

Wild senna

7/25/13

Grayhead coneflower 7/25/13

7/25/13

All photos are taken by me, and are current unless stated otherwise. They enlarge when clicked on, or you can push "control" and "+" several times, until the photos are a size you like. (If I am in the pic, then it was taken by my husband.)

Please Note:

The photos and writing here, errors and all, belong to the author of this blog. Please do not republish them without permission.